MLB Notebook: Former Blue Jays Casey Lawrence, Vinny Capra sign minor-league deals
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Thomas Hall
Nov 28, 2025, 11:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 28, 2025, 11:08 EST
A pair of former Toronto Blue Jays have signed minor-league contracts for the 2026 season.
Right-hander Casey Lawrence and infielder Vinny Capra are set to continue their professional careers after agreeing to new deals on Thursday.

Casey Lawrence

Lawrence is slated to return to the Seattle Mariners next season, according to Just Baseball’s Aram Leighton. The 38-year-old split the 2025 campaign between the Blue Jays and Mariners organizations.
Toronto claimed Lawrence off waivers from Seattle back in April, only to release him after making just one relief appearance — spanning 2.2 innings on Apr. 29 — with the club. Shortly afterwards, the veteran hurler was reacquired by the Mariners, who put him through a transaction spin cycle through the remainder of the season, granting his release and ultimately re-signing him multiple times.
In total, Lawrence — who entered professional baseball as an amateur free agent with the Blue Jays in 2010 — made six major-league appearances in ’25, posting a 4.08 ERA and 4.15 FIP with seven strikeouts and one walk across 17.2 combined innings.

Vinny Capra

Capra is returning to the American League East Division after inking a minor-league deal with the Boston Red Sox, per the club’s transaction log. He last played for the Blue Jays in 2022, going 1-for-7 with a pair of runs scored over eight games and was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in April ’23 for catcher Tyler Heineman.
The 29-year-old infielder split last season between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox, combining for a miserable .125/.157/.177 slash line with one home run and six RBIs across 47 games. It was a major letdown from his scorching-hot spring training results, which included six round-trippers, 14 RBIs, a .292/.358/.729 slash line and 166 wRC+ (100 league average) in 19 exhibition contests.
Capra, a 20th-round selection by Toronto in 2018, will look to rediscover that success as he competes for a big-league roster spot with Boston next spring.